THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



dus from farm to town, but am only con- 

 sidering specific instances; nor am I 

 assuming that because a person is born on 

 a farm he should therefore remain on a 

 farm. Many persons have left the farm, 

 and we may ask them why they have gone. 



An inquiry of students 



In 1904-5, I addressed a circular letter 

 to all students in Cornell University out- 

 side the College of Agriculture who, I had 

 reason to believe, were born in the country, 

 asking (1) whether the person were reared 

 on a farm, (2) where, (3) whether he in- 

 tended following some other business than 

 farming, and why. I also addressed a let- 

 ter to the nearly 400 students then in the 

 College of Agriculture of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, asking similar questions, and inquiring 

 why they desire to pursue agricultural 

 occupations. In all cases I asked for first- 

 hand personal reasons, and, in order that 

 the respondent might not be embarrassed, 

 I promised not to make the names public. 



The replies fall chiefly into four groups : 

 (1) persons reared on the farm, but now 

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